A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95-03
The Bluetones is an indie rock formed in Hounslow, England in 1994, featuri… Read Full Bio ↴The Bluetones is an indie rock formed in Hounslow, England in 1994, featuring Mark Morriss (vocals, keyboards & occasional guitar), Adam Devlin (guitars), Scott Morriss (bass guitar & backing vocals), and Eds Chesters (drums)

Classed as a Britpop band, given that their appearance and initial huge success with songs such as Slight Return coincided synchronously with the Britpop explosion, their debut record Expecting To Fly appeared in 1996.

As time has gone by, the band have actually become a more conventional 'indie' band - whilst notching up hits such as Marblehead Johnson, If... and Keep the Home Fires Burning they have struggled to replicate the success of their debut. After seven singles reaching the UK Top 20 in total, they are now well out of the public eye, but unlike almost all of the fellow 'Britpop' bands, they continue to release new material and tour.

Following two further albums on major, A&M/Universal (1998's Return to the Last Chance Saloon and 2000's Science & Nature), they signed to the big indie, Cooking Vinyl in 2003 for Luxembourg and 2006's The Bluetones.

Vocalist Mark Morriss released a solo EP under the alias Fi-Lo Beddow in 2006, which eventually bloomed into a full solo record under his real name. Memory Muscle was released in June 2008, and received a surprising amount of critical acclaim, given the music press' frosty attitude to Bluetones material. It included new versions of the songs which made up the Fi-Lo Beddow EP, and featured strings arrnaged by film score composer David Arnold.

The band released their final album, A New Athens, in 2010, and completed their farewell tour in September 2011.

It was announced on 13 April 2015 that the band was reforming for a tour and have subsequently toured on further occasions, including a headline slot on the 2017 Star Shaped Festival tour.
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A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95-03
The Bluetones Lyrics


4-Day Weekend i don't care much for tradition and i know you'll be…
After Hours How in the world will I make it to work…
Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? Sleep clouds disperse and settle on my bed Leave my eyes,…
Be Careful What You Dream She slipped behind the screen, And thinking she could not b…
Blue It's blue down that street, Just like people you might meet…
Blue Shadows Arizona moon keep shining, From the desert sky above, You …
Bluetonic When I am sad and weary When all my hope is…
Castle Rock Yesterday has gone, but time is on my side When I'm…
Colorado Beetle I shan't close my eyes tonight, I'm gonna look at you…
Cut Some Rug Seems like you're always a million miles away As far as…
Don't Stand Me Down Switching, turning, itching, burning, Finding my space, fin…
Driftwood I remember laughing, But now you see the joke is on…
fast boy I'm a fast boy I've got worry I've got engagements I'm in a…
Fock Da Brain Hole Back up, coming through, Get that shit outta the way. I …
Glad To See Y'Back Again Glad to see your face again, It seems so long ago, But…
Groovy Roussos Endlessly spiralling out of control, On an un-ending drop t…
I Walked All Night Let me just get this door. I walked all night, I walked…
I Was A Teenage Jesus I knew a teenage Jesus. He was a friend of mine. He…
If... If you Get out Before September Remember That I'm Still insi…
It's A Boy Well... I really do hope that it's a boy, But I wouldn't…
Keep The Home Fires Burning Can I stay at you house? I'll sleep on the floor, My…
liquid lips Ugly hyena Your misdemeanor, Reveals the truth beneath your …
Marblehead Johnson Tonight I'm wound tighter than a watchspring Tonight you owe…
Move Closer Hey baby, You go your way, and I'll go mine, But in…
Mr Soul Well hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up…
Mudslide There's a mudslide, It's slippin' down to cover the hillside…
Nae Hair On't If your nights feel long and empty And your heart grows…
never going nowhere Some words will cut you Like the sharpest blade I don't love…
Nifkin's Bridge In this town the people can be ignorant and cruel, And…
Persuasion My supermarket trolley Glides around the shelves Of frozen…
Please Stop Talking You come up to scratch in a beach towel, You come…
Pram Face Remember your lines, commit them to mind, If you have your…
Pretty Ballerina I had a date with a pretty ballerina, Her hair so…
Sail On Sailor I Sailed An Ocean, Unsettled Ocean Through Restful Waters A…
Sleazy Bed Track I know it's getting late But if you'd like to talk…
Slight Return Where did you go When things went wrong for you When the…
Solomon Bites The Worm Monday Count all the teeth in my head Tuesday Anointed by a …
String Along I can't fight, I forgo my pride, Eye's open wide, I've…
Suffer In Silence I bought some pumps at Gemima's, But they were rubbing and…
That's Life That's life (that's life) that's what people say You're rid…
The Ballad Of Muldoon Careers were posted yesterday, D’you think they’ll do much …
The Bluetones Big Score Listen, listen Was that a bird call or was it a…
The Devil Behind My Smile You think that everything's all right, I think you might be…
The Favourite Son Sleep little baby, I feel you breathing on my arms, Sleep…
The Simple Things Never seen the city, Mainly 'cause you never wanted to go, …
The Watchman True this is the one thing no one wanted, True this…
Thought You'd Be Taller Never meet your hero's, they'll always let you down, They'r…
Vostok Of Love She stood in the corner watching the band, I felt the…
Zero Tolerance It was in those wonder-lust years, after I'd just left…


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